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Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by f32jhnjk33jj » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:52 PM UTC

Good laptop, but with a few small drawbacks:

- No vapor chamber cooling, just regular heat pipes

- Monitor has thick borders

- Not 16:10

- Fn/Ctrl are swapped (all thinkpad laptops)

- Thinkpad's fingerprint readers never worked reliably to me

- I personally prefer USB-C network adapter instead of the bulky RJ45

- 720p camera, but most of laptops have a bad web cam...

- I assume it will have very average speakers. Usually Lenovo puts a "DOLBY SOUND" label on laptops with improved sound quality.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by sixothree » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

namanyayg wrote: post #11

amboo7 wrote: post #8

A few months ago, I bought a nicely packed and customized P14s Gen 1 in France (Qwerty !) with 16GB and 400 nits for under 1000 euro.

Wow that's a great deal. Via some discount coupons or was it second hand?

When I got my T450s some years ago, I just put a call out on the thinkpad subreddit asking for coupons. A lenovo rep sent me a coupon that made the purchase worth it.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by nigggle » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

I bought this exact model the other day, two days later it was cancelled and a refund was issued as they no longer had the 4K panel in stock. Looks like I'm going to miss out on these AMD CPUs this generation and have to go with an XPS 13 instead.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

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Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by trylfthsk » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

1MachineElf wrote: post #13

Magnificent ThinkPad model. Too bad the soldered-on RAM precludes the possibility of using ECC modules. The Pro version of the Ryzen CPU means ECC compatibility.

afik not a single ryzen laptop uses ECC from the factory and documentation on compatibility is pretty horrible; this is the only thing stopping me from making the leap.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:59 PM UTC

f32jhnjk33jj wrote: post #21

Good laptop, but with a few small drawbacks: - No vapor chamber cooling, just regular heat pipes - Monitor has thick borders - Not 16:10 - Fn/Ctrl are swapped (all thinkpad laptops) - Thinkpad's fingerprint readers never worked reliably to me - I personally prefer USB-C network adapter instead of the bulky RJ45 - 720p camera, but most of laptops have a bad web cam... - I assume it will have very average speakers. Usu…

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Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by MonaroVXR » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 2:59 PM UTC

post_break wrote: post #17

I want to love thinkpads, but the fact that in 2021 you still have a display lottery frustrates me to no end. You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. Thinkpad? You might get one with the good display, you might not.

Yes, display lottery is still true.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by yabones » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

I tried to order the P14s with the AMD 8 core for a new hire at work recently, but unfortunately had to cancel the order after they told me there would be 4+ months of shipping delays. It's too bad the supply chains are still struggling to keep up. We ended up getting an E15 instead, since it could arrive within 2 weeks, but it's about 1/2 the specs we wanted.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by iampivot » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

jron wrote: post #20

Are the trackpads anywhere close to macbooks yet? My XPS 13 is still awful and my previous thinkpad is worse than the XPS.

There will be haptic trackpads out this year. This one doesn't have it.

Re: New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s

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Post by gsibble » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 3:11 PM UTC

I'm on my 3rd Thinkpad (P52, P1 Gen 2, P17) and had a Dell 17" XPS 9700 in the mix. The Dell was horrible. It's intake vents were on the bottom so if you put it on a soft surface like a couch or bed, it would immediately overheat to the point of turning off within 5 minutes. I tried everything. Never got the webcam or speakers to work in Linux. Keyboard sucked.

But every Lenovo I use is fantastic. I like the rugged look and bulkiness. I don't buy my laptop to look cool; I buy it to code, run vms, compile fast, and get work done. Lenovos have excellent Linux compatibility and the best keyboards anyways.